Hisah (Hokr el Haïssa, El Haïssa, Hisa, حيصا) is a northern Lebanese village in Akkar, close to the Syrian border. It is mostly inhabited by Alawites. The history of the village goes back to the days of the Banu Hilal tribe, and it is named after the horse of Abu-Zayd al-Hilali. During the 2006 Lebanon War, a bridge in the village was bombed...